Framework Contracts
Delivering Rapid, High-quality Technical Expertise Through Global Framework Partnerships
Cowater International is a trusted partner to bilateral and multilateral donors in the delivery of consulting services through framework contracts and similar contractual arrangements such as supplier panels, technical assistance facilities, dynamic purchasing systems, helpdesks and expert deployment mechanisms . With over 40 years of experience, we have established ourselves as a reliable provider of rapid, high-quality technical assistance across multiple sectors and regions.
Our dedicated framework contract management teams combine strong operational systems with global reach and access to over 45,000 experts, enabling us to mobilize specialized expertise quickly and efficiently. Through our corporate hubs in Europe, Africa, Asia-Pacific, and North America, we deliver responsive and cost-effective services that help donors and partner governments design, implement, monitor and evaluate programs to achieve development results in areas such as governance, economic growth, democracy, security, human development, climate action, gender equality, and social inclusion.
This section provides an overview of the framework contracts Cowater manages. Please select a framework contract below to learn more about our role and the services we provide.
Leader : European Commission FWC SEA LOT 1 climate change, sustainable energy, nuclear safety – mobilising rapidly the expertise required in these sectors in any geographic area of the world to assist the European Commission departments in implementing their policies.
Leader : European Commission FWC SEA LOT 3 food systems, sustainable agriculture and nutrition – mobilising rapidly the expertise required in these sectors in any geographic area of the world to assist the European Commission departments in implementing their policies.
Partner : European Commission FWC SEA LOT 5 – Science, Technology, Innovation And Digital – mobilising rapidly the expertise required in these sectors in any geographic area of the world to assist the European Commission departments in implementing their policies.
Partner : European Commission FWC SEA LOT 6 – Macro-Economic Analisys, Fiscal Policies, Budget Support – mobilising rapidly the expertise required in these sectors in any geographic area of the world to assist the European Commission departments in implementing their policies.
Leader : European Commission FWC SEA LOT 8 – Sustainable Financing For Development – mobilising rapidly the expertise required in these sectors in any geographic area of the world to assist the European Commission departments in implementing their policies.
Leader : European Commission FWC SEA LOT 9 – Democracy, Human Rights, Rule Of Law, Gender Equality And Human Rights Based Approach – mobilising rapidly the expertise required in these sectors in any geographic area of the world to assist the European Commission departments in implementing their policies.
Partner : European Commission FWC SEA LOT 10 – Civil Society And local Authorities – mobilising rapidly the expertise required in these sectors in any geographic area of the world to assist the European Commission departments in implementing their policies.
Partner : European Commission FWC SEA LOT 11 – Security, Conflict Prevention, Sustaining Peace And Building Resilience – mobilising rapidly the expertise required in these sectors in any geographic area of the world to assist the European Commission departments in implementing their policies.
Partner : European Commission FWC SEA LOT 12 – Education, Culture and Youth – mobilising rapidly the expertise required in these sectors in any geographic area of the world to assist the European Commission departments in implementing their policies.
Partner : European Commission FWC SEA LOT 13 – Health, Social Inclusion And Protection, Inequalities – mobilising rapidly the expertise required in these sectors in any geographic area of the world to assist the European Commission departments in implementing their policies.
Partner : European Commission FWC SEA LOT 15 – Monitoring – mobilising rapidly the expertise required in these sectors in any geographic area of the world to assist the European Commission departments in implementing their policies.
Leader : Agence Française de Développement FWC Lot 2: Capacity Building on State Reform conduction evaluation, diagnosis, and capacity building in the area of State reform: civil registration, digital identity, public administration, central services, decentralization, restoration of State authority in conflict-affected areas
Leader : European Commission FWC Election Observation Missions (EU EOMs) to deploy 50 observers and electoral experts in third countries to observe the whole electoral process, and Election Assessment Team (EATs) missions to deploy electoral experts in third countries with a volatile security environment to observe and assess the electoral process
Leader : European Commission FWC Election Expert Missions (EEMs), to deploy electoral experts to assess the electoral process in the third country, (Exploratory Missions (ExM), to deploy experts to examine the feasibility of a possible EOM or EAT, Election Follow-up Missions (EFM), to deploy electoral experts to examine the extent to which the recommendations of past EOMs have been taken on board by the partner country, complementary activities such as studies or desk reviews on electoral matters.
Leader : Enabel FWC Evaluation expertise services in English-speaking countries to conduct country portfolios and regional and thematic portfolios, cross-cutting evaluations
Leader : United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF): Long Term Arrangement for Services (LTAS) for the provision of consultancy services in conducting Country Programme Evaluations (CPEs), Impact Evaluations, and Multi-country and Country-specific Programmatic Evaluations
Leader : International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) : Framework Agreement for the provision of services to deliver independent external evaluations related to the organization’s institutional strategy and core mandate
Leader : United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF): Long-Term Agreement for Services to conduct CPEs- Impact Evaluations, Humanitarian Evaluations, Evidence Synthesis, lessons Learned Studies, Multi-country and Country-specific Evaluations in East Africa
Leader : Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Global Evaluation and Monitoring Framework Agreement 2 (GEMFA 2) Lot 1 – Global High Value Contracts to deliver Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning services
Partner : Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Global Evaluation and Monitoring Framework Agreement 2 (GEMFA 2) Lot Lot 8: Global Low Value Contracts to deliver Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning services